I listened to him. He is absolutely completely beyond the pale. He now says Liberty in Iraq means a government that listens to the people? Hey, Numbynutz, Liberty starts at home! Either the whole situation is insane, or I am. He's got us in a place where no matter what we do, we're screwed. Same as impeachment bringing us Prez Cheney. Gah! Does the man want to force a coup? Sweet Jeezus -- pass that vise, will ya, dada, before my brain starts leaking out my ears. ~~ D.K.

az - I don't blame you. It was basically the same thing he's been saying for four years now.

squishy - yeh, watching Bush speak is such a waste of time and Stewart cuts the BS and goes straight to the quick, which is far more efficient time-truth-wise.

e4e - I had a terrible time accessing anyone's "blogger" blogs yesterday. Very frustrating. You think--now that their new baby is out of beta testing--they're hinting for us to make the move?

john good -- if I was a betting man, I'd bet my life savings on the latter, i.e., you just have a friggin' brain. (I'm glad last night's over, my neck is so sore from all that extra weight of that vise.)

Raed: I know, I get this lump in my throat, my hands get clammy, knees get weak, I suffer chills for Bush everytime he explains things like liberty in Iraq while destroying ours.

I'm just so thankful he and Condi never learned the meaning of hypocrisy. Sanctimonious bastards!

THE BEGINNING IS NEAR

HUH?

You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, "Look at that, you son of a bitch."

— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut, People magazine, 8 April 1974.

"Keep in mind that this planet is no model for rational thought, and that what passes for sanity here is sending chills down the spine of the remainder of the universe." E.T. 101

"An Empire’s power depends on its ability to control the cultural stories and language that shape our collective understanding of our world and our choices as a species. Empire stories induce a kind of cultural trance that conditions us to accept the dominator relations of Empire as just and righteous and to dismiss talk of alternatives as naïve, dangerous, or even sinful." ~ David Korten